"On 21 February 2020, the Left Party, SPD, Greens and CDU agreed on measures to overcome the government crisis. Mike Mohring, the regional CDU leader, has claimed his MPs could not have foreseen that the AfD would also vote for Mr Kemmerich, but Mrs Merkel dismissed that. Daily coronavirus briefing. Mike Mohring contradicted, "that the group does not refuse stable conditions and will accept offers from others for a stable situation. they can to create a true meeting of independent Premium. In response to the question "Why did you do this?" In this round, the candidate with the most votes is considered elected.In the first round of voting, Bodo Ramelow won 43 votes, one more than the Left, SPD and Greens had combined in seats. The existing Open Comments threads will continue to exist for those who do not subscribe to
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"AfD’s Thuringia branch is led by Bjoern Hoecke, an anti-immigrant former history teacher who has drawn criticism from Jewish leaders and mainstream politicians for calling Berlin's Holocaust memorial a “monument of shame”. The cooperation of the four parties provides for Bodo Ramelow to be elected Minister President on 4 March 2020 and to lead a minority government of Left, SPD, and Greens. The 21 abstentions in each case were to be attributed to the CDU faction. One of Mr Mohring's CDU colleagues, Walter Lubcke, the district president of neighbouring Kassel, was shot in the head at close range outside his home in June by a suspected neo-Nazi. 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